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Carl Sagan

a life in the cosmos
1999
A biography of twentieth-century scientist Carl Sagan, discussing his lifelong obsession with interplanetary travel and life in outer space, and considering how that interest made him an icon of popular culture, but reflected badly on his professional standing.

America's prisoner

the memoirs of Manuel Noriega
1997

Lois Duncan

author of I know what you did last summer
2009
A biography of Lois Duncan that discusses her family life, education, marriages, literary successes, and struggles with tragedy.

In the eye of the storm

the life of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
1992

Chimpanzee chum

2007
Graphic novel of Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees.

On Hitler's mountain

overcoming the legacy of a Nazi childhood
2005
Irmgard Hunt chronicles the experiences she had as a child growing up in the Bavarian village of Berchtesgaden during Hitler's Nazi regime.

Out on a limb

1983
Shirley MacLaine records the experience of getting in touch with herself during her early forties and her interest in spiritualism.

Arthur Mitchell

1975
A biography of the African American ballet dancer who gave up his career as a star with the New York City Ballet to found the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

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